Bryant Jennings

Bryant Jennings is a brilliant courthouse employee whose vocabulary and intellect make him an immediate match for Eugene Meltsner. He welcomes Eugene into a circle of highly educated friends and offers a dream job that could keep him in Colorado. At first, their shared interests and polished conversation seem like everything Eugene has wanted. The attraction fades when Bryant and the group reveal that they also share the same opinions about nearly everything, including contempt for Odyssey and Bernard Walton. Eugene realizes that intellectual agreement without challenge can become an echo chamber rather than friendship. Confident and accomplished, Bryant represents the tempting comfort of companions who always sound right because they never question one another or make room for a different point of view.